http://www.mail.com/locations/8320-south-asia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/8320-south-asia.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862844-indian-film-star-faces-homicide-charge.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — An attorney says Indian movie star Salman Khan will be tried for homicide for his alleged involvement in a fatal road accident more than 10 years ago. If convicted he faces up to 10 years in jail. Deepesh Mehta, Khan's lawyer, says a magistrate on Thursday accepted an appeal by state government prosecutors that he should be charged wi... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862844-indian-film-star-faces-homicide-charge.html 2013-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861264-militants-attack-pakistani-army-camp-6-killed.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked an army camp in northwestern Pakistan with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before dawn on Saturday, killing six members of the security forces, officials said. The attack followed a suicide bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque elsewhere in the northwest on Friday that killed 23 people and wounded m... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861264-militants-attack-pakistani-army-camp-6-killed.html 2013-02-02T04:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861206-china-poised-to-control-strategic-pakistani-port.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — China is poised to take over operational control of a strategic deep-water Pakistani seaport that could serve as a vital economic hub for Beijing and perhaps a key military outpost, according to officials. The construction of the port, in the former fishing village of Gwadar in troubled Baluchistan province, was largely funded by ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861206-china-poised-to-control-strategic-pakistani-port.html 2013-02-02T02:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860948-international-literary-festival-opens-myanmar.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The latest first for fast-reforming Myanmar — its first international literary festival — is putting the spotlight on dozens of the country's authors, a number of whom once spent time in prison for their writings. The Irrawaddy Literary Festival, which runs from Friday through Sunday, comes as Myanmar relaxes its censorship rules, b... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860948-international-literary-festival-opens-myanmar.html 2013-02-01T09:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861106-nkorean-uranium-nuclear-test-would-raise-stakes.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As North Korea warns that it plans its third nuclear test since 2006, outside governments and analysts are trying to determine a crucial question: Just what will Pyongyang's scientists explode? The last two tests are believed to have been of plutonium devices, but the next logical step for Pyongyang's ambitious nuclear program co... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861106-nkorean-uranium-nuclear-test-would-raise-stakes.html 2013-02-01T07:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for 2013 was simple. She'd embark on an epic swansong around the world as secretary of state, a dizzying itinerary of east-west and north-south flights that would take her past 1 million miles in the air at the helm of American diplomacy and perhaps break her own record of 112 countries visited while in the ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html 2013-02-01T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. The two men were on their way to Malikhel village as part of the U.N.-backed anti-polio campaign when the bomb hit their motorcycle, said government administ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html 2013-01-31T13:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858854-pakistan-court-summons-anti-corruption-boss.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's top court on Thursday summoned the government's anti-corruption chief over a letter he wrote criticizing the tribunal's judges, the latest in an ongoing tussle between the judiciary and the country's political leadership. The development is also an indication that the anti-corruption chief, Fasih Bokhari, could be charged with ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858854-pakistan-court-summons-anti-corruption-boss.html 2013-01-31T13:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856386-girl-shot-taliban-to-undergo-final-surgery.html LONDON (AP) — A Pakistani girl whose defiance of the Taliban turned her into an international icon is headed toward recovery once she undergoes a final surgery to reconstruct her skull, doctors said Wednesday. Dr. Dave Rosser of Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital said that 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai needs the operation to replace the bone shattered w... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856386-girl-shot-taliban-to-undergo-final-surgery.html 2013-01-30T18:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1856300-dickey-mumbai-to-help-sexual-exploitation.html R.A. Dickey said the pictures and literature couldn't have prepared him for the young boy who approached him last week on one of the squalid streets of Mumbai's red-light district. The boy was maybe 3 years old, 4 at best. He had no pants on. His body was covered with open sores. "He was playing amongst the open sewage and filth with rats as big as dogs. ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1856300-dickey-mumbai-to-help-sexual-exploitation.html 2013-01-30T13:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1855554-bollywood-star-khan-caught-india-pakistan-spat.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan appeared to be caught in a verbal slugfest between India and Pakistan after he wrote a magazine article that led to heated exchanges between the rival nations. The controversy erupted after Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik suggested that New Delhi beef up the actor's security after Khan wrote an... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1855554-bollywood-star-khan-caught-india-pakistan-spat.html 2013-01-30T06:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852942-policeman-protecting-pakistani-polio-team-killed.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer protecting polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the police said. The attack took place as dozens of polio workers — including several women — were going door to door to vaccinate children in Gullu Dheri village o... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852942-policeman-protecting-pakistani-polio-team-killed.html 2013-01-29T15:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1852868-india-cuts-key-interest-rate-quarter-point.html NEW DELHI (AP) — India's central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 7.75 percent Tuesday, aiming to boost flagging growth in Asia's third-largest economy. The Reserve Bank of India also lowered its cash reserve ratio for banks by a quarter point to 4 percent, which means commercial banks can lend more. India's economic growth ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1852868-india-cuts-key-interest-rate-quarter-point.html 2013-01-29T06:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850638-suspect-india-gang-rape-to-tried-juvenile.html NEW DELHI (AP) — A juvenile court ruled Monday that a suspect in the fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month was a juvenile at the time of the attack. A lawyer present in the court said a magistrate of the Juvenile Justice Board announced the decision after going over documents presented to the court by officials of the suspect's elementa... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850638-suspect-india-gang-rape-to-tried-juvenile.html 2013-01-28T11:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848770-bangladesh-probing-factorys-1-exit-was-locked.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's government is investigating allegations that the sole emergency exit was locked at a garment factory where a fire killed seven women. The fire Saturday at the Smart Export Garment Ltd. factory occurred just two months after a blaze killed 112 workers in another factory, raising questions about safety in Bangladesh's g... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848770-bangladesh-probing-factorys-1-exit-was-locked.html 2013-01-28T01:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848276-garment-factory-fire-kills-7-bangladesh.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire swept through a two-story garment factory in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least seven female workers and injuring five others, police and fire officials said. The fire Saturday at the Smart factory occurred just two months after a blaze killed 112 workers in another factory near the capital, raising questions about safe... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848276-garment-factory-fire-kills-7-bangladesh.html 2013-01-27T01:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847700-china-prove-ultimate-winner-afghanistan.html KABUL (AP) — China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the country's vast mineral resources but concerned that any post-2014 chaos could embolden Islamist insurgents in its own territory. Cheered on by the U.S. and other Western governments, which see Asia's ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847700-china-prove-ultimate-winner-afghanistan.html 2013-01-26T17:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847454-militant-groups-clash-pakistan-24-killed.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — 'Two Islamic militant groups clashed Saturday over control of a prized valley in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. Arshad Khan of the Khyber tribal region said the fighting between the two Islamic militant groups began Friday in Tirah valley, near the Afghan border, when the ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847454-militant-groups-clash-pakistan-24-killed.html 2013-01-26T13:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845188-doubts-raised-fairness-delhi-rape-trial.html NEW DELHI (AP) — In the court of public opinion, the men being tried in the gang rape of an Indian university student should be hanged in a public square. That demand for swift justice might make it impossible for them to get a fair trial in a court of law. Already, there are plenty of portents. Amid the heightened emotions that have surrounded this case ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845188-doubts-raised-fairness-delhi-rape-trial.html 2013-01-26T01:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1845172-india-35-year-term-mumbai-plotter.html NEW DELHI (AP) — India expressed disappointment Friday with the 35-year sentence given to an American who admitted his role in the 2008 Mumbai attack, saying he deserved more prison time for the terrorism that killed 166 people in the country's financial capital. David Headley was sentenced Thursday in a U.S. federal court in Chicago. External Affairs Min... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1845172-india-35-year-term-mumbai-plotter.html 2013-01-25T21:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842420-american-mumbai-plotter-sentenced-to-35-years.html CHICAGO (AP) — Minutes before an American was sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping plan a deadly attack on Mumbai, India, one of his victims tearfully pleaded for a harsh punishment despite the terrorist plotter's widespread cooperation with U.S. investigators following his arrest. David Coleman Headley, 52, shifted uncomfortably in a gray tracksui... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842420-american-mumbai-plotter-sentenced-to-35-years.html 2013-01-25T06:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1845016-murder-pakistan-sparks-anger-countrys-elite.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — More than 2,000 people were murdered in Pakistan's largest city last year, but the shooting death of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan in one of Karachi's most upscale neighborhoods sparked an unusual outcry and highlighted a growing trend of citizens using social media to hold the country's rich and powerful to account. Khan was allegedly... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1845016-murder-pakistan-sparks-anger-countrys-elite.html 2013-01-25T05:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842298-trial-india-gang-rape-special-court.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom with opening arguments by the prosecution lawyers in a special fast-track court set up just weeks ago to handle sexual assault cases. The brutal attack last month set off protests across India and opened a de... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842298-trial-india-gang-rape-special-court.html 2013-01-25T00:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1844684-10-finalists-named-international-booker-prize.html JAIPUR, India (AP) — American author Marilynne Robinson, Israel's Aharon Appelfeld and China's Yan Lianke are among 10 finalists for the Man Booker International Prize for fiction. The award, an offshoot of Britain's better-known Man Booker novel-of-the-year prize, is awarded for a lifetime's work. It is open to authors of all nationalities whose work is ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1844684-10-finalists-named-international-booker-prize.html 2013-01-24T23:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843508-egypt-to-vaccinate-polio-sewer.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will carry out a vaccination campaign for children in parts of Cairo after polio was recently found in the capital's sewage, believed to have been brought to the country from Pakistan, a Health Ministry official said Thursday. The discovery underlined concerns over the possibility of a spread of polio from Pakistan, one of only three co... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843508-egypt-to-vaccinate-polio-sewer.html 2013-01-24T17:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842502-700-alleged-militants-held-limbo-pakistan.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding 700 suspected militants without charges under a controversial law that has been criticized by human rights organizations, the country's attorney general said Thursday. The admission, made during a Supreme Court hearing, will likely fuel concerns about Pakistan's conduct over the past several years as it has battled a d... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842502-700-alleged-militants-held-limbo-pakistan.html 2013-01-24T10:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842496-bangladesh-fire-victims-families-wait-money.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When fire ravaged a Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ones' remains were burned beyond recognition. Two months later, the same families have yet to receive any of the compensation they were promised — not even their relatives' last paychecks. ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842496-bangladesh-fire-victims-families-wait-money.html 2013-01-24T08:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841890-indian-panel-pushes-laws-fatal-gang-rape.html NEW DELHI (AP) — On the eve of a trial over a fatal gang rape that horrified Indians, a government panel recommended that India strictly enforce sexual assault laws, commit to holding speedy rape trials and change the antiquated penal code to protect women. The panel, formed in response to last month's brutal attack on a New Delhi bus, received more than ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841890-indian-panel-pushes-laws-fatal-gang-rape.html 2013-01-24T02:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1839058-prosecutors-want-35-year-term-mumbai-attack.html CHICAGO (AP) — An American who played a central role in the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, that left more than 160 people dead should spend no more than 35 years in prison because of his cooperation with investigators, U.S. prosecutors argued Tuesday in asking for a relatively lenient sentence. David Headley, 52, pleaded guilty to several charges... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1839058-prosecutors-want-35-year-term-mumbai-attack.html 2013-01-23T02:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1837900-wal-mart-warns-suppliers-stricter-measures.html BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been authorized by the discounter. Wal-Mart's stricter contracting rule, along with other changes to its policy, comes amid increasing calls for better safety oversight after a deadly fi... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1837900-wal-mart-warns-suppliers-stricter-measures.html 2013-01-22T21:54:00Z